2023-03 HCA Auctions
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/7/2023
Confederate soldier's 2pp. letter to his wife, Dateline Fort Sumter, March 22, 1864. In part, "I am now writing on the butt of a ten inch rifle gun, just mounted on the fort. ... If we are relieved on Thursday night I will try and get to the city on Saturday and have the coat cut ... I will try hard to get home next week. .. There is nothing new in the fort. The Yanks throw a few shells at us sometimes but have not done any serious damage yet. ... It is thought that they are mounting a gun to bear on the angle next to the city. It is a weak side, but we are putting up sand bags so as to be in time for them. ..."
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